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In the new national forest
Thanks, but L am not that old.
frankbeswick, on 05/14/2026
The Boat Race
Possibly. Though the English came to Britain in boats.
frankbeswick, on 05/14/2026
The Boat Race
Light boats moving rapidly brings the question of whether the sport could have links to the Vikings.
blackspanielgallery, on 05/13/2026
In the new national forest
You wrote as though you were there the entire time of the developing trees.
blackspanielgallery, on 05/13/2026
Global Warming: Warning from the Sky
The computer crashed afore I communicated another component of my comment below.
Is The Winds of Change by Eugene Linden among your books read?
The afore-indicated book is subtitled Climate, Weather, and the Destruction of Civlizations.
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/12/2026
Woodland Fungi
Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous observation and question (both from 3 years 1 month 8 days ago ;-D).
Author Gabby Dawnay and illustrator Margaux Samson Abadie collaborated on Wild languages of Mother Nature for Wide ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/12/2026
White Nosed Coati (Nasua narica): New World Ringtail With Noxious Scent Glands for Defensive Volleys
Author Gabby Dawnay and illustrator Margaux Samson Abadie collaborated on Wild languages of Mother Nature for Wide Eyed Editions Tuesday, May 7, 2024.
Not one of their 48 natural-world communicators included the white-nosed coati (Nasua ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/12/2026
In the new national forest
Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous observation and question.
West-Atlantic pond-siders sometimes assert that the east-pond earthworm abides where once abided the native-American species.
Are east-pond earthworms British ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/12/2026
In the new national forest
ZThe grey squirrel. Imported from America it has outcompeted the native red squirrel. Similarly, the American signal cray fish has nearly extincted the diminutive, much smaller, British species
frankbeswick, on 05/12/2026
In the new national forest
Thank you for your comments below in answer to my previous observations and questions.
Is there the introduced-species downside of displacing an outcompeted native species?
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/11/2026
Rapunzel: the legend, the fairy tale, the truth
Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous observation and question.
It amazes me about the saying of God with an almost-empty bag about Slovenia attractions even as Slovenia appears so attended to.
There's a saying on this ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/11/2026
In the new national forest
The Sika was introduced by landowners who sought exotic specimens for their deer parks. As sika are biologically similar to the European red deer they can inhabit regions similar to those inhabited by its red deer relative. Furthermore, sika and ...
frankbeswick, on 05/09/2026
Rapunzel: the legend, the fairy tale, the truth
Such opportunities are easily found in Slovenia, of course. We have very rich (yet to be fully explored and mapped) karst world and less than an hour of drive there are mountains (Alps) over two thousand meters high (Slovenian part, of course, ...
Tolovaj, on 05/08/2026
Owston's Banded Palm Civets (Chrotogale owstoni): Ringtails of China, Laos, and Vietnam
Author Gabby Dawnay and illustrator Margaux Samson Abadie collaborated on Wild languages of Mother Nature for Wide Eyed Editions Tuesday, May 7, 2024.
Not one of their 48 natural-world communicators included the Owston's banded palm civet.
The ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/08/2026
Monkey Parchment Coffee: Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca mulatta) and South Indian Plantations in Chikmagalur
Author Gabby Dawnay and illustrator Margaux Samson Abadie collaborated on Wild languages of Mother Nature for Wide Eyed Editions Tuesday, May 7, 2024.
Not one of their 48 natural-world communicators included the Rhesus monkey.
The second-last ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/08/2026